{"id":63919,"date":"2026-03-19T17:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T21:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=63919"},"modified":"2026-03-19T17:20:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T21:20:16","slug":"the-news-regarding-the-florida-state-university-kicker-is-developing-rapidly-sophomore-kicker-conor-mcaneney-was-arrested-early-wednesday-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/03\/19\/the-news-regarding-the-florida-state-university-kicker-is-developing-rapidly-sophomore-kicker-conor-mcaneney-was-arrested-early-wednesday-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"The news regarding the Florida State University kicker is developing rapidly. Sophomore kicker Conor McAneney was arrested early Wednesday morning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The news regarding the Florida State University kicker is developing rapidly. Sophomore kicker Conor McAneney<\/strong> was arrested early Wednesday morning, March 18, 2026, in Fort Lauderdale during his spring break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to police and jail records, the situation escalated from a trespassing incident at Rock Bar<\/strong> on Fort Lauderdale Beach Boulevard around 2:30 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Details of the Incident:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • Charges:<\/strong> McAneney is facing two third-degree felony charges\u2014battery on a law enforcement officer<\/strong> and resisting arrest with violence<\/strong>\u2014along with a misdemeanor charge for trespassing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Confrontation:<\/strong> Arrest affidavits state that McAneney was being removed by security but refused to leave. When a police officer intervened, McAneney reportedly grabbed the officer\u2019s arm and shirt, nearly pulling him into oncoming traffic. The officer then struck McAneney twice in the face to subdue him.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Current Status:<\/strong> He was booked into the Broward County Jail with a bond set at $2,750<\/strong>. His mugshot, which has been circulating online, shows visible facial injuries, including a swollen and bloody lip.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Team Impact:<\/strong> FSU Athletics has already responded, stating that McAneney is suspended indefinitely<\/strong> from all team activities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    McAneney, originally from Northern Ireland, joined the Seminoles this winter as a transfer from Quincy University. He was expected to compete for the starting kicker position this spring following the departure of last year’s starter, Jake Weinberg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The news regarding the Florida State University kicker is developing rapidly. Sophomore kicker Conor McAneney was arrested early Wednesday morning, March 18, 2026, in Fort Lauderdale during his spring break.… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"14","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDNcL3VubmFtZWQtOS53ZWJwP2ZpdD0zMDAlMkMyMzYmc3NsPTEiLCJ0eHQiOiJUaGUgbmV3cyByZWdhcmRpbmcgdGhlIEZsb3JpZGEgU3RhdGUgVW5pdmVyc2l0eSBraWNrZXIgaXMgZGV2ZWxvcGluZyByYXBpZGx5LiBTb3Bob21vcmUga2lja2VyIENvbm9yIE1jQW5lbmV5IHdhcyBhcnJlc3RlZCBlYXJseSBXZWRuZXNkYXkgbW9ybmluZyIsInRlbXBsYXRlIjoiaGlnaHdheSIsImZvbnQiOiIiLCJibG9nX2lkIjoxNjMwNDA2NjF9.WrL-IzdN6LCceYVcUNCJcrN3DbsUfO21N0VybHry5mkMQ"},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[14122],"class_list":["post-63919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-sophomore-kicker-conor-mcaneney-was-arrested-early-wednesday-morning"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63921,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63919\/revisions\/63921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}